Knock-down display device for bottled beverages



Dec. 22, 1936,

R. C. ENTWISTLE KNOCK-DOWN DISPLAY DEVICE FOR BOTTLED BEVERAGES Filed June 26, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Dec. 22, 1936.

R. ENTWISTLE KNOCK-DOWN DISPLAY DEVICE FOR BOTTLED BEVERAGES Filed June 26, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. 4' WM (5 65m ATTORNEY.

Patented Dec. 22, 1936 UNITED STATES KNOCK-DOWN DISPLAY DEVICE FOR BOTTLED BEVERAGES Robert C. Entwistle, Flushing, N. Y., assignor, by

mesne assignments, Norwalk, Conn.

Application June 26,

3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in knock-down display devices for bottled beverages.

One of the objects of this invention is to produce from sheet-metal parts, a display device embodying a stand or supporting section and a bottled-beverage box section having the conformation of a rectangular parallelopiped arranged in an inclined position and supported in such position by said stand, said bottled-beverage box section being divided into sections comprising a depressed honeycomb section for supporting and displaying bottles in a plane perpendicular to the inclined plane of said box portion and a carton displaying section supported on the upper edges of said box portion.

Another object of my invention is to produce a device of the character specified which will be made of a minimum number of parts so fabricated and having interlocking connections so arranged that, when interlocked with each other, the parts will positively support each other to produce a rigid, strong and unitary device capable of withstanding rough usage and handling which may be encountered in its use.

Still another object of my invention is to produce a device in which the various interlocking parts will be capable of ready standardized fabrication and which will be readily and easily replaceable in case any such parts become damaged in transit or use.

In general terms, my invention comprises the fabrication of a pair of side wall members, each having triangular stand sections integrally formed with oblong box-side sections each having an upper inclined edge provided at said edge with an interlocking member, a top member having a carton-supporting section provided at opposite edges with interlocking members engageable with the interlocking members on the upper inclined edges of said side members, and box-end members connected with said side members.

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises the combination of members and arrangement of parts so combined as to coact and co-operate with each other in the performance of the functions and the accomplishment of the results herein contemplated, and comprises in one of its adaptations the species or preferred form illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a view in front elevation of a display device embodying my invention with shelves attached;

Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation shown in Fig. 1; a

Fig. 3 is a view in disassembled position of the parts of the body of the-device shown in Figs. 1 and 2, without shelves; 1

Fig. 4 is an enlarged section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1;

of the device to Charles E. Culpeper,

1935, Serial No. 28,448

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4 looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary section on the line 6 -6 of Fig. e looking in the direction of the arrows; and

Fig. '7 is an assembled view in side elevation of my display unit without shelves.

Referring now to these drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment of my invention, l indicates a base member provided as shown at opposite side edges with interlocking members or flanges 2, 2 adapted to provide between the edge of the bottom I and the flanges 2, 2' a pair of longitudinal grooves 2 2 Said base member 2 is also provided at its front edge with an interlocking flange 3, having a groove 3' between the edge of said bottom I and said flange 3 while the rear edge is provided with a vertical flange 5 having notch portions 4, 4 at opposite ends adjacent to the flanges 2, 2. All of the flanges of the base member I are, in the embodiment shown, turned inwardly.

Mounted on the base member I and having an interlocking connection with the side flanges 2, 2' are a pair of side wall members 5, 5. These side-wall members are provided at their lower edges with outwardly disposed U-shaped interlocking members 6, 6' of channel conformation,'

the lower flanges of which are adapted to be slid longitudinally forward beneath the flanges 2, 2 on the base member I. The wall surfaces 5 and. 5 of the side members 5, 5' when thus mounted on the base member I are, as shown, flush with the edges of said base in order to minimize the number of parts of the device. Said side members have a conformation adapted to provide integrally in the finished unit triangular-shaped stand sections 7 and oblong side wall sections 1 of a bottled-beverage box having the conformation of a parallelopiped disposed in inclined position. The upper edges 1*, l of the side-wall members are inclined and constitute the upper edges of the bottled-beverage box-portion of the display device, and as shown, the upper edges are provided with U-shaped interlocking members 8, B of channel conformation, opening outwardly and adapted to provide grooves 8 8 In accordance with my invention and in order to reduce the number of parts to a minimum, I mount on the side members 5 and interlock with the flanges 8, 8' a top member 9, comprising an inclined carton supporting member 9 a depending part 9 adapted to form the rear wall of the beverage box portion of the device and end and bottom walls 9* and 9 of a depressed honeycomb section of the said beverage box portion of the display device.

The carton supporting member 9 is provided at its side edges with inwardly extending U- shaped interlocking members I 0, l0 and the portion 9 is provided with notches Ill [0 adjacent to said U-shaped channel members l0, [0 to permit the terminus of such channel-members to be engaged with the outwardly extending U-shaped interlocking members 8, 8 on the side members 5, 5. In assembling the device, the member 9 is slid downwardly and forwardly with the interlocking members l0, ID in engagement with the members 8, 3 until the lower edge 9 rests against the bottom l and the rear portion 9' engages or abuts against the inclined rear edges H, H of the side members 5, 5, at which position the flanges 9 overlap the said edges.

The front edge portions of the members 5, 5 are also provided with outwardly-disposed U- shap-ed members l2, l2 and I close the front of the device with a box wall member l3, having at opposite side edges inwardly-turned U-shaped interlocking members I l, it which are adapted to engage and interlock with the U-shaped interlocking members i2, I2 of the side members 5, 5. The front box wall member I3 is also preferably provided at its lower edge with an outwardly turned interlocking member l5, which is adapted to interlock with the interlocking member 3 at the front edge of the base member 8.

The rear vertical edges of the side wall members 5, 5 are provided with inwardly turned flanges l i3, i6 and when the parts are assembled, these terminal flanges it, It of the side members are adapted to extend outwardly beyond the edge of the base member I and its vertical edge flange i so that a door channel is provided between such terminal flanges l6, l6 and said vertical flange 4 of the base member.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention shown (see particularly Fig. 4), the rear wall box portion 9' is provided with a depending vertically-extending terminal-flange H, which is in alignment with the vertical flange t of the base member, so that a vertically movable sliding door It will be guided in its vertical movement by the side flanges i6, it at its sides, and at its lower edges and intermediate its upper and lower ends by the flanges i and ii respectively.

By. the assembly of the above members, I have provided a knock-down construction of display device having a depressed beverage box section in its lower end and a carton supporting section at its upper end but it is obvious that these sections might be reversed without materially changing the construction.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention shown, the depressed bottled-beverage box section is provided with a honeycomb member which is inserted within said depressed portion before the are completely assembled, and this honeycomb, when the parts are fully assembled, will be thus locked within its depression so that bottled goods may be supported upon the inclined bottom member 9 in perpendicular relationship to the plane of the said bottom member and of the box portion of the device, while a carton may be supported by the inclined carton supporting section 9 In the preferred embodiment of my invention, other attachments are provided for supporting cartons on the section 9 and also preferably on the side members. Thus I mount on the lower edge of the member 9 a shelf [9 which projects outwardly in perpendicular relationship to the member 9 and, as shown, has an angular flange I9 connected to said member 9 by bolts it.

When shelves are attached to the side members, each of these attachments preferably comprises shelf members 20, 20' and two pairs of bracket members 2|, 2| connected to the side members by bolts 22, 22'.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. knock-down display device for bottled beverages embodying, in combination, a pair of side wall members, each provided. at its upper edge with an interlocking member, a single transverse slide member composed of a top section extending along a part of the length of said sides in one plane and provided at opposite edges with interlocking members engageable in erected position with the interlocking members on the upper inclined edges of said side members, an intermediate section depending from and extending at an angle to the top section, and a box-bottom section connected with said intermediate section and extending along another part of said sides at a plane parallel to and below the plane of said top section, means for supporting said box-bottom section, and a front end member also connected to said side members.

2. A knock-down display device for bottled beverages embodying, in combination, a pair of side wall members, each provided at its upper edge with an interlocking member, and also being provided along its lower edge with an interlocking member, a single transverse slide member composed of a top section extending along a part of the length of said sides in one plane and provided at opposite edges with interlocking members engageable in erected position with the interlocking members on the upper inclined edges of said side members, an intermediate section depending from and extending at an angle to the top section, and a box-bottom section connected with said intermediate section and extending along another part of said sides at a plane parallel to and below the plane of said top section, means for supporting said box-bottom section, a base member having at its edges interlocking members slidably engageable with the interlocking members at the lower edges of the side members, and a front end member also connected to said side members.

3. A knock-down display device for bottled beverages embodying, in combination, a pair of side wall members, each provided at its upper edge with an interlocking member, and also being provided along its lower edge with an interlocking member, a single transverse slide member com posed of a top section extending along a part of the length of said sides in one plane and provided at opposite edges with interlocking members engageable in erected position with the interlocking members on the upper inclined edges of said side members, an intermediate section depending from and extending at an angle to the top section, and a box-bottom section connected with said intermediate section and extending along another part of said sides at a plane parallel to and below the plane of said top section, means for supporting said box-bottom section, a base member having at its edges interlocking members slidably engageable with the interlocking members at the lower edges of the side members, and a front end member having interlocking connections with said sides and base member.

ROBERT C. ENTWISTLE. 

